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635948
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Norman, Elizabeth M.
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| Title & Author
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Women at war : : the story of fifty military nurses who served in Vietnam /\ Elizabeth M. Norman.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: University of Pennsylvania Press,, c1990.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in health, illness, and caregiving in America
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x, 211 p., [16] p. of plates :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0812282493
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: 9780812282498
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: 0812213173 (pbk.)
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: 9780812213171 (pbk.)
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| Notes
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Outgrowth of author's doctoral dissertation.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-206) and index.
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| Contents
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Volunteering for the Vietnam War -- Arriving in Vietnam -- The professional strains and moral dilemmas of Nursing in Vietnam -- Personal experiences in Vietnam -- The status of female military nurses in Vietnam -- Different experiences in the Army, Navy and Air Force Nurse Corps -- Factors associated with the year the nurse served in Vietnam -- Leaving Vietnam -- Homecoming -- The years since the War -- Coming to terms with the War: Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Lessons learned from the War -- Conclusions.
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| Abstract
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The Story of fifty military nurses who served in Vietnam.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Women-- United States.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Medical care.
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Nurses-- United States.
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Nurses-- Vietnam.
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Military Nursing-- history.
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Warfare.
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Vietnam.
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DS559.8.W6N67 1990
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